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Object Details
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Wickham Flower (ca. 1836-1904)
- P. & D. Colnaghi (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Provenance
- To 1904
- Wickham Flower (circa 1836-1904), London, to 1904 [1]
- 1904
- P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, purchased at the sale of the Wickham Flower Collection, Christie's, December 17, 1904 [2]
- From 1904 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. in 1904 [3]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
- Notes:
- [1] According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record: " Purchased from Mr. Desprez of P. and D. Colnaghi and Co., London, in 1904, and by them purchased at Christie's Sale, December 17, 1904, of the Wickham Flower Collection."
- [2] See Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 15-1/2, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
- [3] See note 2.
- [4] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 1883 or 1884
- Accession Number
- F1904.314a-c
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on wood panel
- Dimensions
- H x W: 12.4 x 21.7 cm (4 7/8 x 8 9/16 in)
- Origin
- United States
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- landscape
- farming
- cloud
- United States
- American Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1904.314a-c
- Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3c1f61fe6-ab87-4578-a996-302a9fdcaf5e
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